INDEX. 639 



Translations — Goat, an essay on the, 339 



Hedges of Fuchsias, 260 



How to color hortensias blue, _ 362 



How to preserve grain, and hasten its germina- 

 tion, ._ _._ 309 



Hybridation, 259 



Ignames of New Zealand, 232 



Insects, _-, 291 



Lenormand's plan for improving asparagus,.. 230 



Lilium giganteum, 369 



Multiplying plants from their leaves, 370 



Nux Vomica used in brewing beer, 230 



Odium — grape disease, _ 388 



On the production and means of perfecting the 



horse in Algeria, ,_ _. 277 



Pigeons, raising of, _ 198 



Plows in France,... 214,217 



Present state of agriculture, compared with 



the general industry, _ 250 



Raspberries,. _ _ 472 



Reaping machines in France, 213, 217 



Roasted cheese, 45 1 



Seeds and roots from the Antilles, 34 1 



Societe Imperiale et Centrale d'Horticulture,. 198 



Silk, _ 231, 315 



Silk worms, a new variety of, 232 



Sugar Sorghum, 232 



Trevoltini silk, _ 315 



Universal exhibition of animals, vegetables, etc, 205 



Varieties of the grape vine in America, 300 



Water cress, 360 



Weather,.. _.. 215, 233 



Tea, attempt to cultivate it in South Carolina, 386 



Teltow turnip, 363 



Tillman's method of relieving the travel in Broadway, 619 



Traction steam engine, 240, 270, 276, 539 



Transmutation of white oats, _ _ 374 



U. 



Ultramarine, _ 570 



Under draining, _ 417, 424 



United States, _ .-. 101 



Universities,. _ _ — 80 



Union of institutions, — 111 



Utility of timber plantations, 403 



V. 

 Veneer carving on wood and printing cloth by photography, 686 

 Vegetation, 320 



